Unfortunately my wife and I lost our twins this year. They were both born and later died the same day. Someone told me that you can claim them as dependants for the year... and without sounding insensitive, I was wondering if this was true. There are birth and death records, as well as social security #'s. Thanks for everyones time!
2007-10-03 07:25:45 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Business & Finance ➔ Taxes ➔ United States
Since you have Social Security numbers for the children, you would enter them into your tax return as your dependents, with the birthday and date of death. (You could still file with them as dependents without the Social Security numbers, but there is a slight change in how you list them).
Indicate the months the children lived with you as "12" even though they were not with you 12 months. Under this circumstance, the children are treated as having lived with you all year.
Your children will be your dependents, and qualify you for the Child Tax Credit, Additional CTC, and Earned Income Credit, depending on your income.
You can electronically file the return yourself using software. If you have a preparer do the return, offer to provide a xerox copy of the death certificates which the preparer will keep with the record of your tax return.
2007-10-03 09:57:57 · answer #1 · answered by ninasgramma 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Please accept my condolence on the loss of your child. I know that must be a difficult time. IRS Pub 501 states you can claim the child if it is a live birth. You can not claim a still-born child. You must have proof of a live birth -- the birth certificate. In your case, based on what you wrote, you did the correct thing. I thought of a circumstance where claiming a deceased child on two returns is possible in the case of a newborn. If your child was born on December 31 and passed away on January 1, you could claim the child on two years returns, but the child would have had to be alive at some point during those years.
2016-05-19 23:31:08 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
My condolences on your loss. You can claim a child as a dependent for the year as long as they were born alive, even if they only lived for a moment.
2007-10-03 07:41:30 · answer #3 · answered by Bostonian In MO 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Yes you can claim them for this year, you might have some issues because they were less than a day old. Sorry for your loss
2007-10-03 07:31:14 · answer #4 · answered by k8thesnake 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
yes you can claim them and i just found out through my moms tax guy if medical bills are over 5000 you can write them off so look into that to. sorry for your loss
2007-10-03 07:34:06 · answer #5 · answered by telie 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
So sorry for your loss.
Yes, if they lived even a minute, you can claim them as dependents.
2007-10-03 11:17:22 · answer #6 · answered by Judy 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Yes, but only if they were alive between the birth and the death, not if they were stillborn.
2007-10-03 08:02:09 · answer #7 · answered by StephenWeinstein 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Yes, you can claim them this one time. So sorry for your loss.
2007-10-03 07:29:45 · answer #8 · answered by smartypants909 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋